PEJ News Coverage Index - Top Ten Stories by Percent

November 11 - 16, 2007

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	21%
2	Pakistan	7
3	Events in Iraq	5
4	Iraq Policy Debate	3
5	Baseball Steroids Scandal	3
6	Immigration	3
7	Iraq Homefront	3
8	U.S. Economy	3
9	O.J. Simpson	3
10	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Pakistan	12%
2	2008 Campaign	9
3	Events in Iraq	9
4	Iraq Homefront	8
5	U.S. Economy	5
6	Baseball Steroids Scandal	4
7	Global Warming	3
8	Immigration	3
9	Health Care	2
10	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	2

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	14%
2	Pakistan	13
3	Events in Iraq	7
4	Iraq Policy Debate	5
5	Baseball Steroids Scandal	4
6	Iran	3
7	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
8	2008 Beijing Olympics	3
9	Hurricane Katrina Aftermath	3
10	Immigration	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	17%
2	Pakistan	8
3	U.S. Economy	5
4	Baseball Steroids Scandal	4
5	Holiday Travel	4
6	Iraq Homefront	4
7	Iraq Policy Debate	3
8	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
9	Stacey Peterson Case	3
10	Events in Iraq	3

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	37%
2	O.J. Simpson	8
3	Iraq Policy Debate	5
4	Immigration	4
5	Stacey Peterson Case	3
6	Holiday Travel	3
7	Bernard Kerik Indicted	2
8	Baseball Steroids Scandal	2
9	Kanye West's Mother Dies	2
10	Iran	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	2008 Campaign	35%
2	Immigration	5
3	Gas/Oil Prices	4
4	U.S. Domestic Terrorism	3
5	Congress	2
6	Iraq Policy Debate	2
7	Pakistan	2
8	Nada Nadim Prouty Spy Case	2
9	San Francisco Oil Spill	2
10	Effort to Impeach Vice President Cheney	1